Have fun creating a large clay coil pot vessel. This will be a fun introductory hand-building class for ages 10 and up. You will learn a variety of coil building techniques and glazing techniques. This 3 nights over 3 weeks class will focus on building for the first two meetings and glazing the last class. We will work with low-fire clay and materials. You will...
Come make Clay Garden Stakes and decorate as you wish! No skill is required. This is a wish for a joyful evening creating with clay making something you can use in your garden. Or, make them as a gift! Plan to make a lot of garden stakes! They will be ready to go home with you in 1 to 2 weeks after the conclusion of...
Have fun creating a large clay coil pot vessel. This will be a fun introductory hand-building class for ages 10 and up. You will learn a variety of coil building techniques and glazing techniques. This 3 nights over 3 weeks class will focus on building for the first two meetings and glazing the last class. We will work with low-fire clay and materials. You will...
Fun for all ages! Come create a fairy house or gnome hut out of clay. The first hour of the workshop will be focused on assembling and decorating your house. Decorating elements are clay attachments. The second hour we will paint and underglaze them. We will fire your pieces at our studio. You will schedule a time with the instructor to pick up your project....
Join us for a Free Sketch walk in and around Webster City, Iowa. All ages and abilities are welcome. Starting on the first Saturday in May and every first Saturday of the month through September for these active fun events. Gather your sketchbook, pencils or any other medium which inspires you and meet us at the Produce Station. We will meet and greet then go...
What do horsehair and feathers have to do with Raku fired pottery? Join the fun and explore simple pottery hand-building techniques and interesting surface textures. That is where the horsehair and feathers come into the picture. They can be used to affect the surface of a hot ceramic pot after the Raku firing. Experiment with various glazing techniques and the outdoor Raku firing process. The...
What do horsehair and feathers have to do with Raku fired pottery? Join the fun and explore simple pottery hand-building techniques and interesting surface textures. That is where the horsehair and feathers come into the picture. They can be used to affect the surface of a hot ceramic pot after the Raku firing. Experiment with various glazing techniques and the outdoor Raku firing process. The...
Same great Raku Firing with Horsehair & Feathers offered in Session One. Only difference is the dates and times. What do horsehair and feathers have to do with Raku fired pottery? Join the fun and explore simple pottery hand-building techniques and interesting surface textures. That is where the horsehair and feathers come into the picture. They can be used to affect the surface of a...
Join blacksmith, Ty Murray, for a hands-on blacksmithing workshop. You will be working outdoors over a coal fired forge. There is only one forge and anvil and it will have to be on a take a turn - based event. He will stay all day until everyone has had a chance to make their own leaf key chain or hook. If you are an experienced...
Join us for the Devonian Period marine fossil hunting expedition adventure in Floyd County, Iowa. We will be on a quest at the Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve for our 1 gallon bucketful of fossils. Bring your sack lunch, bucket, water, outdoor body protection (think bug spray) and join the car caravan. There is a strict minimum of 6 people to preregister so do it...
Same great Raku Firing with Horsehair & Feathers offered in Session One. Only difference is the dates and times. What do horsehair and feathers have to do with Raku fired pottery? Join the fun and explore simple pottery hand-building techniques and interesting surface textures. That is where the horsehair and feathers come into the picture. They can be used to affect the surface of a...
Create colorful, textured surfaces in this Gelli Plate Printing class. Gel printing is a printing technique that cannot be duplicated creating unique textures on paper and fabrics. Gel printing is great for use in cardmaking, collage, textiles and so much more. In these classes, you will use a gelli plate and acrylic paints and a variety of stencils and other objects to create beautiful, colorful...